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Do you know the name, Aimee Ragonese? She was a special education teacher at the Daniel J. Bakie Elementary School. Was. She pleaded not guilty to allegations that she abused special needs students, whom whistleblowers and concerned parents claim were ignored by just about everyone, all the way up to the District Superintendent. She was … Read more
By J. Grimbilas for the NHCADSV Dear Rep. Sweeney, I’m concerned about dark money in New Hampshire’s politics. The Secretary of State provided the following 2023 RSA 15 declaration from J. Grimbilas Strategic Solutions LLC. It shows that J. Grimbilas received $6000 from the NHCADSV and that with that money, J. Grimbilas made donations as … Read more
Out of town/state protestors arrived via chartered bus this past Saturday to bolster a small No-Kings protest in Wolfeboro. Their arrival may have been driven solely by their hatred of our current President, or simply by their hatred of our country. A more likely scenario is that they rented themselves out for a free bus ride, money, … Read more
From ConVal to Manchester, White Mountain, Claremont, and Weare, gender-identity policies are putting girls at risk. HB1442 is the solution. On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title IX Investigation into New Hampshire’s Contoocook Valley School District (ConVal) in Peterborough. The district, which serves 11 schools across … Read more
This week, the House met on 35 bills, fourteen on consent. Only two committees reported bills – Finance and Ways & Means – and all had passed the House from the policy committee. This created a strong presumption that we should pass these bills again! The consent calendar passed on a voice vote, then we … Read more
Let me start by saying a few words about the Society for Industrial Archaeology (SIA). I was a paid member of the Northern New England chapter back in the days when there was a quarterly newsletter on paper. I had to be the youngest member then, and perhaps the only woman attending their events who … Read more
In this episode of the Granite Discourse, the guest is John E. Sununu. John served in the US House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and in the US Senate from 2003 to 2009. He is currently running for the Republican nomination for the 2026 NH Senate race. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own … Read more
Or Say I’m Exercising a “Jihad” In various attacks in the New Hampshire media by journalists associated with the Catholic Church, whose law firm, Nixon Peabody, also represents the NHCADSV, I have been called various names and been accused of a “Jihad” against the NHCADSV. Journalists should look up the meaning of a word before … Read more
This week, on NE Take, A. J. gives a postmortem on his discussion with Andru Volinsky on his 3-3 Tax Savings Plan to fund New Hampshire schools through an income tax. A chat with a dishonest, smug leftist who does not have a solution to education funding. Andrew Demers: Income tax won’t solve NH’s school … Read more
Plan to Testify on March 31 or Register Support before March 31 All, this only takes a minute to show your SUPPORT for this bill or a few hours if you want to attend the meeting. See below, this is a good bill to help protect the vote of the voters by allowing more people … Read more
Nashua’s Selective Enforcement of “Shall” There’s a phrase often attributed, loosely and somewhat inaccurately, to Karl Marx: power without ideology. Whether or not Marx ever said it in those exact words, the concept is unmistakable: power exercised without consistent principle, without accountability, and without any obligation to apply rules evenly. That idea is playing out in real time … Read more
As predicted, there was plenty of strident debate on HB1602 (creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program) before the House recessed for lunch. Mr. McGuire made an excellent 8-minute speech in favor of moving it to an interim study. I encourage everyone to listen to it, though I’m aware that asking for 8 minutes of … Read more
If you don’t already know, consider yourself notified of the newest litigation against the perpetually embattled City of Nashua. You can read all about it in the Institute for Free Speech’s statement. Click here to get all the details, including a copy of the complaint. If you’re not one to click on links, I’ll give … Read more
Today, on the Morning update, the topic is ED. Educational Dysfunction. And how, no matter how much money we throw at it, it can’t seem to get it (academic achievement). Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the embedded video does not load. Ep. 136 Links: Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may … Read more
We are still deploying the update, but all new content published on GraniteGrok should now come with an audio player at the top. Yes, you can listen to some AI guy or Gal read our content to you. Regular readers will already have noticed! You can also listen while surfing other content as long as … Read more
I run with the logo CALIFORNIA REFUGEE. Simple reason: I lived most of my life in California. I saw it transformed from a Ronald Reagan den of conservative values- you know, family, God, work, boys and girls bathrooms- to a third-world oligarchy run by Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom, Willie Brown, and others. There are a … Read more
As if the Seabrook School District were not already facing enough challenges within SAU21, a troubling situation has now drawn Hampton Falls into the controversy as well. A student from Seabrook who was subjected to relentless bullying is seeking to transfer to the Hampton Falls School through what is known as a Manifest Hardship transfer. … Read more
New Hampshire needs common-sense protection for biological reality and sex-based rights for everyone.Urgent: Support SB552 – Protect Privacy & Safety in NH – Hearing THIS Wednesday! Dear friends and supporters of commonsense and biological reality, New Hampshire needs common-sense protection for biological reality and sex-based rights for everyone. Senate Bill 552 (now in the House) … Read more
If the City of Nashua and its three “independent” arts center corporations were truly separate, you would expect them to act that way when legal trouble arrived. They didn’t. Instead, they entered into a Confidentiality and Common Legal Interest Agreement, a joint defense pact that allowed them to operate as a single, coordinated legal unit while … Read more
This week, the Finance committee met to recommend 29 bills to the House. We did 20 before lunch, then settled in on the more difficult ones. Since these bills had been heard, debated, and in some cases amended, in the divisions, the committee tended to accept the judgment of the division; bills that were contentious … Read more